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A simple syrup of rice vinegar, palm sugar, water and salt is brought to a gentle simmer to dissolve the sugar, then cooled
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A simple syrup of rice vinegar, palm sugar, water and salt is brought to a gentle simmer to dissolve the sugar, then cooled

Cold butter cuts into flour with leavening and salt; remains in pea-sized pieces

Cooked chickpeas (tinned for speed, OR overnight-soaked and home-cooked for the best texture) toss with diced red onion…

Charoset is the Passover seder centrepiece, a sweet apple-and-walnut compote that symbolises the mortar the Israelites…

A classic Roman salad featuring crisp cos lettuce coated in a rich, anchovy-based dressing with crispy croutons, tender…

This is the Chinese answer to the deli pickle, a quick-pickled cucumber spear that's ready overnight and lives in a jar…

The Azerbaijani version of the shepherd's salad that turns up in some form on every table from the Balkans to Persia…

Coconut rice represents the intersection of technique and flavor in Indian cooking

Ensaladang talong is the Filipino smoky aubergine salad, a Sunday-lunch staple that uses one of the great vegetable…

A torn pita is brushed with olive oil and grilled or fried until golden and crisp

Garlic bok choy is the side dish that every Cantonese parent makes mid-week without thinking, and it's the test of…

Horiatiki is the Greek village salad, the real one, no lettuce in sight, just tomato, cucumber, onion, pepper, olives…

Seekh kebab is restaurant-quality barbecue

Marbled tea eggs are the snack you find at every Chinese train station, vending machines beside the platforms holding…

Dried sliced Persian shallots (sold at Iranian shops, looks like small papery brown discs) cover with cold water and…

Fresh mint leaves are chopped very fine (or pulsed in a small processor)